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Looking to find your first graduate job? Or, just  a career change? These days the job market is colored in a very negative light. Discussions focus on how difficult it is to break into the job market and how companies are shedding more and more staff. So it's particularly refreshing to hear the occasional bit of good news. Here you go.

People often find jobs through other people in their network. That’s what’s made social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter so popular. The goal of these sites is to build connections with others. You can even successfully leverage these connections to assist with your job search.

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The workplace is an arena of forced relationships. Under ordinary circumstances, personal social circles are created voluntarily. People choose their friends and acquaintances  by making a conscious choice.  People also decide if they wish to maintain a friendly relationship or end it. In the workplace however, these rules don’t apply.

Here are 99 mistakes to avoid when searching for a job:

There is rarely, if ever, a time when you will be hired following just one interview. You will typically go through multiple rounds of interviews for any position. Conducting your own formal, written debrief after the interview will give you the information you need to refine and improve your performance for the future.

Consider the following strategies for a comprehensive debrief of your interviews:

Every organization looks for the perfect candidate to take on the responsibility given to him/her by them. A person other than being responsible is required to have qualities such as leadership,motivator,team player and a very receptive individual.

Whoopee! Or, maybe not. You just got word that you've been scheduled for another interview to add to the string of several you have had in the past few months, and you can't figure out why you just can't get excited about it. I can. For starters, who really likes going to interviews? They can be so stressful and time consuming. A large part of the stress relates to the preparation.

The cover letter is a very important document that every candidate applying for job needs to send along with their resume. Most employers would first read the cover letter, then decide whether they want to read the resume or not. Hence, it is important to write a well-planned, professional, smartly-written cover letter. It does not matter whether you are applying for entry-level or higher management level position, a cover letter is a must.

Sometimes a Career change is an unavoidable phase in life. In some cases, people may shift to a new career by their own choice. But sometimes, when this change has been initiated by a change of Business in a company, the experience can be traumatic for the employee. In such cases, it is best to look at the positive side of things.

You did it! You did it! You did it! You just got word that you made it into the elite ranks of candidates who are going to be interviewed for that job you so desperately want. You are so excited you can hardly contain yourself and can't decide to do a happy dance or pump your fists. You decide to do both.